this is bbc news. the latest headlines. scotland yard says the number of people dead or presumed dead in the grenfell tower fire is at least 58. could well increase as the investigation continues. the current number of fatalities is at least 30. the figure of 58, of those that are missing, and that i have to assume are dead. theresa may, who has faced criticism for her response to the fire, has met a group of victims. she admitted that the support available in the initial hours after

the disaster was not good enough. meanwhile, the queen says it is difficult to escape a very sombre national mood. following tragedies in both london and manchester, she observed a one—minute silence ahead of events to mark her official birthday. bill cosby has walked free from court, after a judge declared a mistrial in his sex assault case. and now, time for sportsday. welcome to sportsday. one week before the first test, there is a morale—boosting win for the lions in new zealand. also, a stunning victory for scotland in sydney. they beat the wallabies and are up

to fourth in the world. there is a dramatic end in the challenge cup, as wigan but two englishmen, paul casey and tommy fleetwood, -, z. j ”1: . and we look at one of the new sports that will feature at the tokyo olympics. good evening. rugby union has been dominating the sports news. it has been a brilliant day for the home nation sides. we will have the details in a moment of scotland's fantastic win, ireland's victory injapan, as well as a triumph for the english women in new zealand.

they were playing before the british & irish lions took to the field against the maori all blacks. this was a vitally—important match for the lions. they were close to full strength and, in difficult conditions, they won by 32—10. many lions on show will have made a strong case for a start against the all blacks next weekend. our sports correspondent was at the match. on the north island in new zealand, this is maori heartland and, when the lions are in town, they pull out all the stops. there are thousands of people here for this world—record attempt at the haka and what is more, they are all facing the lions team hotel. just another reminder for the lions, as if they needed it, whose turf they are on. then, it was time for at the maori all blacks, a side steeped in culture and history, to lay down their own challenge.

early on, the lions were in control, but as soon as their concentration wavered, the maoris showed once again on this tour, that the lions found their slightest mistake punished. leigh halfpenny rarely falters in sight of the posts their opponents returned, keen to snuff out the danger man, illegally, according to the referee. now, with a player advantage, the lions made their pressure count. a penalty try, the first of the match. agaeartheypunishedrthe magi with their power and position, the lions moved out of sight, the home side dominated and defeated. this was a morale—boosting win for warren gatland's players, but will they have enough to pass the ultimate test in seven days‘ time? we are building our performances, building on the games on saturday and tuesday, and i think tonight was another step forward

towards what our goals are and, obviously, that is to beat the all blacks. to do so, you have to be the best in the world and we do not have a huge timeframe, but we are using our time well and i thought we used tonight well and i thought our set piece was good. there is always room for improvement. there are a lot of things that we can work on and we will go back to the video and we will kick on into tuesday. that will have done wonders for their confidence. they have now won three out of their five matches on tour and warren gatland was in confident mood after that victory. the all blacks head coach steve hansen has criticised the lions style of play and their tactics and set—up this past week and warren gatland hit back. this could be a great rugby series, everyone can get excited. whenever we have been in new zealand, the hospitality and the i could not speak highly enough about that. i think they feel stuff,

some of the stuff that people have been saying, i think puts a bit of a dampener on the tour. that is professional sport. you have to live with it and deal with it and move on. all i have taken from it is that maybe he is more worried than normal, because he is normally so calm and collected and he seems to be delivering a lot of comments about us and things he does or does not know about us. that is normally a sign of a man who is a little bit worried. ross moriarty is the second player to pull out of the tour because of injury. scotland, who are touring in new zealand and australia, but warren gatland has decided

against using england or ireland eddie jones says call—ups should be made on merit, rather than geographical proximity. he needs to do his own talking. he can do plenty of it. we made the decision, it is a big decision forus. it is a big decision for us. i understand his concern and the concern of people. his point, i suppose. ijust know how difficult it is. in buenos aires, you have to get around the world and acclimatise. the thoughts of warren gatland, alan dell and finn russell willjoin up with the lions. it is the first time they have

beaten the wallabies in sydney. for gregor townsend. tussles between these two nations have, in recent years, been tight. only one point separated their last two meetings, so best to make an impact. early. duncan taylor did just that. quick thinking catching the wallabies off—guard. finn russell, one of those heading to join up with the lions squad in new zealand would do the same, as scotland pressed further ahead. nothing michaeljagger could do about that, although his team started to find their range. the hosts edged closer. now the wallabies were making their presence felt, on the pitch and on the scoreboard. §u511§l§ égéég 15493959533122” ,. , , w” ,. form, it was close. they had won the last three encounters, but this time, hamish watson made sure that the victory would be scotland's. fast, flowing rugby

from the tourists, now the fourth best team in the world and perhaps a few more have crept they play a fast game of rugby, that is as fast as i can remember playing. the boys did everything out there. we are proud of the players, but for everyone involved, it was right to put away those frustrations and come away with such an important win. it is great, credit to the players. and the third home nations win came from ireland who beatjapan, 50—22. despite having 11 players on lions duty, ireland were too good for the home side, who ran in two tries. the second test is in

tokyo next saturday. england will win their test series in argentina with victory in the second test tonight in santa fe, eddiejones described the match as something of a slug—fest. england needed a last—minute try, to win the first test 38—12. jones warned that argentina will be much stronger this time around. they are probably more concerned about themselves. they have not had a good record of late. i think they are heading towards a bit more of a traditional style. there was a little bit of kicking i think there will be a combination of the new should be a good game.

bbc two from eight o'clock, if you want to watch it. the springboks win that series 2—0. back, in. net-“i gsgténéf" " the england women beat the black ferns. the red roses had already won against australia and canada in the series. their 29—21 victory. qn. the back, afttese- the world cup in ireland in august as the number one side in the world. coming to a rugby—mad country is not easy to play them. we found that out the hard way when we lost all three tests.

i think tonight was a real showcase of women's rugby. we are really happy about our performance. we will move on to tennis. johanna konta could become the first british woman since virginia wade a0 years ago, at wimbledon, to win a tour event on home soil. it is the first timejohanna konta, who is ranked eighth in the world, has reached a grass court final. wwi briton in the first round. andy murray beat him in the second round on the way to a fifth title last year. he has now broken

into the top 100 this year and is currently ranked at 59th place. england have strengthened their position at the top of their group in the hockey world league semifinals, with a 7—3 thrashing of malaysia. the captain scored twice. as well as attempting to reach the finals later in the year, the top five teams from this tournament qualify for the 2018 world cup in india. scotland's men are in another group and they lost their opening match yesterday and they are behind in their match today against the netherlands. it finished 3—0. wigan are through to rugby league's challenge cup semifinals after a dramatic victory over warrington. the warriors also beat warrington in the grand final last season in super league and the i9—time winners survived a late rally.

while the trophy still retains its majesty for wigan and warrington, they have lost their aura, floundering in the super league, with this a last likely shot at silverware. the teams might have fatter in their ranks. joe burgess averages nearly one tr! - helped himself to two. warrington have their own star man. ryan atkins, out of nowhere, he scored twice to draw them level. by half—time, wigan had wriggled their way back ahead. marshall with his eighth try in three games against warrington. in scorching temperatures, were bringing the heat. but they dragged back to 20—20. what a big moment in the game. twice having scrambled back to parity, the warrington defence got tomkins dropped goal put them ahead,

curt gidley grabbed one of them to set up the most frantic of finales. stefan ratchford then had the chance. had drifted off course. game over? not quite. here it comes. last play. last play of the game. he has done it. it has gone wide. right on the buzzer. that was the point that could have kept their season alive, instead it goes wide. this season may not be hitting the heights for wigan and warrington, but both can still produce a game that delivers everything. credit to warrington. that was a real performance. i have wanted our players to come back in a game like this. we gave ourselves a lot to do. we have improved in areas but there is a lot of work to do. the last of the quarterfinals is on bbc two tomorrow

afternoon, as castleford tigerstake on hull fc. tigers take on hull fc. coverage starts at 2:30 pm. jason roy was dropped by england for the champions trophy, but he returned to form today for surrey in their one—day semifinal against worcestershire. as surrey scored 363. moeen ali made a fast start, but his innings ended after a quickfire 36. worcestershire were up with the run rate needed, but they lost regular wickets, eventually bowled out. 210 their score. surrey will be able to make it third time lucky after losing in the semifinat the big match tomorrow.

england might be out, but the organisers of the champions trophy have still got the final they tickets are being sold for up to 15 times their face value for the match and there is talk of over half a billion people worldwide tuning in. the teams met in the group stages earlier in the competition, with india the easy winners. you can never tell how a particular team starts a tournament. and then some teams might not have the best starts but come back amazingly, which pakistan has done. can beat any side in the world. that is the kind of players they have. §t “6 33mg “aim it is important to maintain the balance of being confident in your own skin and what you are doing as a team. we came here very firmly of the opinion that we wanted to win it.

step further. credit goes to the players, they have been outstanding, the way they edgbaston, that was amazing. the leaders will be going out shortly for the third round of the us open and four men are tied at the top of the casey had an up—and—down second round, with a triple bogey eight, but five birdies in a row saw him finish on seven under par. it looked as though brooks koepka would be the right brian harman and tommy fleetwood, he is producing by far his best i have never led a us open,

tomorrow will be a cool experience. 36 holes is a very long time in a us open and anything can happen with how long the course is and the day is, i will make the most of being able to relax a little bit. the south african is the big mover, five underfor the the south african is the big mover, five under for the day, having

started at level par. what is your view of surfing? a fun party pastime or a serious sport that aheadefwemen‘e spertsweeig gb international emitrpefit- the best thing about surfing is hanging out with friends and having beers. i surfed for three hours, half that time is chatting to people in the water, i get too excited. they are the way forward. you go, emily! team gb! pretty cool.

i think it awesome, now a sport i have chosen could go to the olympics. i think the olympics would make it a clean—cut athletes sport and the reason i got into surfing was because it was none judgment all. you can be an outcast and it is fine. you do not have to conform to anything, it is where you can go and is be yourself in the water. the sports that i have done, i wanted to be the best that i could be and with it being in the olympics, the funding that comes will be amazing because it will allow everyone to be on exactly the same level and it will be about talent. if it it is no wading pool, everyone will be training there. [feelthey dfemt ,,

i have a completely different view. australia and americans. they are able to put us on the same level. we will not be held back by the weather and conditions. that is not going to go down well in the olympics. i would watch surfing in the olympics. i definitely would. i would like to see how they did it. i would watch surfing in the olympics. i definitely would. i would like to see how they did it. i do understand that the olympics would change it. good answer, emily.

i think anyone who has a goal and puts i am going to train to be in the olympics the wheelchair basketball players for great britain are in tenerife next week to take part in the european championships. the menaregeingfer the4earth trgihg te eha aria-tr- our sports reporter has more. ones bringing home paralympic world and european honours. now they feel they are ready to achieve that themselves.

5th the men have done a good job previously, so yes, carry us forward, but now it is definitely a level playing field and i think, the women are definitelyjust they are certainly anti-leap- at the last world championships and at the paralympics. this upward trajectory is thanks to some big changes since london 2012. we were fortunate enough a few years ago to have a more centralisedprogramme. we were able to practice as well as lowering the average age to around 20, another factor in their eyes is that they are actually trying to think less british. we have got two guys from america as our coaches and they are doing a good job in helping us get a bit of cockiness and swagger rather than —_ taking part that counts.

i do not want to be part of a nice team. and the their next campaign is at the european championships where they have taken bronze for nine out of the last ten additions. it is time that we change that and i think we are ready now to compete in that final game. gb women are here to stay and we are here to fight for as well as putting points on the board, they are keen to prove a point or two as well. that is it, after anhietezia-day-i it has been great for the lions and scotland. way the sport in 20 minutes. the

latest on the england match against argentina. goodbye furneaux. hello. it has been the hottest day of the year so far. temperatures reached 30 degrees around parts of greater london. many other parts of the country also the sunshine. northern

enjoying the sunshine. northern ireland and when the ireland and scotland, when the temperature rose, it got up to the ” "tjstt% it is going to be a humid mid—20s. it is going to be a humid date. over 20 degrees in london at midnight. things will begin to cloud over during the course of the night. tomorrow morning, eagerly and damp start over the north west of scotland. northern ireland should see some glimmers of morning also see some glimmers of morning sunshine. further south, the glorious start for most. those sunshine. further south, the glorious start at most. those sunshine. further south, the glorious start at mos o'clocke sunshine. further south, the glorious start at mos o'clock in the temperatures at nine o'clock in the morning already up to 2a celsius. morning algggg gg t; g; gglgggg ‘ hot day. the code in

another hot day. the code in and begin northern ireland and scotland begin to nibble its way south. cooler conditions. we are looking at high temperatures . 31 conditions. we are looking at high temperatures 31 in the temperatures of 31 celsius in the south—east of england. very high levels of pollen and ultraviolet. if you are out and about, make sure you put on plenty of cream. we will keep hold of that high pressure for much of the south east in the week ahead. but the temperatures will drop away slightly. gradually coming down slowly across the south of the united kingdom. but it will be a slow process. a lot more sunny weather to come. this is bbc news.

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